Auto Align Layers in Photoshop

How well do you trust it?

While I was creating the Exposure Merging course for Exploring HDR the Video Series I had to use Photoshop’s auto align layers feature to ensure the layers fell directly on top of each other. Usually Photoshop can do this flawlessly! However, I noticed with several images, that the alignment was off by about an 1/8 of an inch.

It is really annoying when Photoshop does this because it throws your mask off pretty bad when you try to merge the layers. I discuss this in the new coursein the Exposure Merging tutorial, but I wanted to tackle it a bit harder today. This is just one of the many new tips you will find in the new series.